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Foursquare Launches Location Explorer Web Site
To further secure their place in the location based services realm, Foursquare has now launched a Web site they are calling Foursquare Explore.
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Infographic: Yelp Now at 20 Million Reviews!
Congrats to the folks at Yelp for reaching the impressive milestone of housing 20 million user reviews, on their platform.
Yellow Pages Assoc. Changes Name to Local Search Association
The Yellow Pages Association announced yesterday that it was changing it’s association name to The Local Search Association. This name change alone, represents a big shift in a business advertising methodology that has been in existence since 1886
Location Based Services Comparison Infographic + Thoughts on Google Checkins
Google has extended checkin’s on Google Latitude to the iPhone. The feature was available to android phones weeks ago,
Publishers take Notice of Foursquare’s Small Business Tools!
But, all this innovation by Foursqure leads us to ask the million dollar traditional media question: What does this all mean for publishers of directory products and or publishers of newspapers looking to take their business content, down the directory path?
Non-Traditional Revenues for Publishers (SNA 2010)
Peter Conte from Borrell spoke to the SNA/SNPA Strategic Revenue Summit attendees about couponing and using it as a non-traditional revenue source for publishers.
Canpages WANTS YOU to Develop their Mobile App.
Just today, Canpages announced the launch of their Canpages mobile application contest.
Directories: still relevant to a newspapers business
We have countless ad-ition blog posts that reiterate the fact that newspapers need to start to think about innovative directory businesses online and we’ve preached this for a couple of reasons: Newspapers need to diversify their revenue streams Suburban newspapers, especially, have the local retailer market covered and need to take advantage of that position … Continue Reading
Couponing a Natural Fit for Newspapers
I’ve been standing on my soapbox for quite some time, preaching to any publisher who would listen, the importance of a couponing element in today’s marketplace. Shopping statistic after statistic has shown that the use of coupons, by all income levels, is on the rise in North America. Adding a coupon element to your directory … Continue Reading
Branson on Small Business
Richard Branson said it so it must be true - Small businesses and their success, are the solution to our current economic crisis.
